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periphrastic (iou)



periphrastic adjective. E19.
[Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein: see PERIPHRASIS, -IC.]
Of the Nature of, characterized by, or involving periphrasis; circumlocutory. E19.
Grammar. Of a case, tense, etc.: formed by the combination of words rather than by inflection (e.g. English did go, of the people as against went, the people's). L19.
periphrastical adjective (long rare) M17.
periphrastically adverb M17.

Cooper, James Fenimore (oh)



(1789-1851) a US writer who wrote novels about Native Americans and life on the American frontier, including The Deerslayer and The Last of the Mohicans